Wrapping-machine.



tion oi 'tion' as prairie Flearn WILLLAM B. MUNN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T ISADORE Y B. SCHARFE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

WEAPPING-MAGHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented senr. e, wie.

Application filed Gctnber 9, 1917'. Serial No. 195,595.

new and eseiul improvements in Vilrapping Machines, et whioh'the following is a specific-ation.

The present invention relates to improve- .'.ncnts in Wrapping machines, and is designed particularly 'for the purpose of facilitating the Wrapping ol collars, cutl's, etc., in laandries.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a manually operated machine embodying means for forming a receptacle, preferably of paper, in which the collars or curls are deposited and providing a support for the laundry articles while 'the package is being formed about one. endfot the support, 1and then transferring 'the partly rorined package to another support where the other end of the package is formed and the package completed. The wrapper is f formed by cutting the required sheet from a roll of paper, after the preliminary paper receptacle has been formed about the support or core lirst mentioned. The invention consists in the above set forth instrumentalities, and in certain other novel features and combinations and arrangements oi parts as 'will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

tl accompanying drawings l. have illustrated one complete example or" the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to best mode i have tar devised for the practical application el the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the machine en'ibodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is an elevation view at the right hand side ol Fig. 1, showing the formation at the package, collars being shown in the packages in dotted lines. Y

Fig. 3 is side elevation or" the complete machine. y

i is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 5 is a sectional view et a inedilical l the device. in the preferred embodiment of my invenillnstratcd inthe drawings 'l utilize a table i having the usual legs or posts 2, l upon' the tcp ot the table a roll supported. on the pedestal et, and'trcx the spindle 5 the web of the paper may be unwound as usual, the roll revolving, ot course on the spindle.

A sheet of paper of the required size is severed from the roll by a paper cutting wheel 7, carried by the cutter member 8, which has a handle 9, and the handle is passed through an opening in the table, in which it is guided, so that as the cutter is raised the cutting `wheel travels over the paper and severe it in usual manner. The Wheel travels from the bottom edge of ,the web@ to the top edge, and the Web is supported against the back plate which is fixed to the table top and rises therefrom in the form of a vertically arranged bracket. A friction guide spring plate 11 is spaced from the plate 10 on a pair of pins 12 12 and springs 13 on the Vpins clamp the web of paper between these two plates, the friction however not being great enough to prevent pulling the paper web or sheet through the two plates. Thus the wrapper or Wrapping sheet may be eut from the roll, and the web or free end of the roll is retained between the spring plate and the back plate of the supporting bracket.

The Asheet of paper that has been severed from the roll is to be Wrapped about a core into a package, or rather, the sheet is Wrapped Aabout the core 14 before it is severed from the roll, preparatory to depositing the collars er culi's into the receptacle thus formed about the'core. 'As illustrated, the core is a metal cylinder formed with an annular iange 15 at its base4 which is a guide for the paper sheet, and directly below1 its closed bottom end, (closed except for a vcentral perforation 16) the cylinder is fashicned with a flanged Wheel portion 17 to accommodate an endless belt 19, by means of which, when the belt is driven, the core is revolved, the lovvermost flange 20 of the core being retained under the oppositely ar-v ranged clips 2l, 21 secured to the table top. Tlie core rests upon thetable top, or upon a bearing plate thereon, and is Wound or revolved about its center, by the belt, to wrap the end of the paper roll thereabout as indicated in Fig. 3.

The core is provided with a movable vbottoni in the forni of an inverted, metallic ciflinder, fitting neatly Within the core cylin der ifi, and forming ak packing-plunge the-ein With which the collars and eutls'are `collars have been c packed in their wrapper. stem or plunger rod depends from the plunger and passes through the opening` 16 in the core and. through a supporting opening` m the table top, and thence through lower supporting and `guide block IZ-i fixed at the bottoni ot' the tablelegs as shown. The plunger rod is thus supported in its bearings so that it may be reciprocated vertically, a lift cord being attached to the rod t'or this purpose7 and the cord passes over an idley pulley 2G just under the table top and then down to the i'oot treadle "Z7 piroted at in the table support. ln Fig, 3 the parts are broken a way to illustrate the use ot this portion oi. the machine, and it will be observed that the paper is wrapped about the core and two leposited within the cy'- lindrical core. After the paper has been severed from the roll, and previously wrapped around the'core` the collars are deposited in the core, and then the top edge ot the paper sheet projecting above the core, is folded over the top ot the core to position indicated in Fie'. 2, and the plunger is then raised to pack i the collars, and linally to litt the entire package from the coreA` this action being' assisted by the operator who grasps the package by hand7 above the top ot' the lifted plunger in Fig. t2. package or bundle hand, and is accomplished by folding` down The Wrapping` ot the the t'ree end .ot the wrapper.

A modified 't'orni ot' the inyention is also illustrated wherein the core 30 isniovable instead ot' the plunger illy which is iixed7 the core being lifted by means of the treadle. 3Q', cord ll. pulley 34: and stem 35. The collars are packed in the receptacle, and the receptacle `lolded and wrapped into a package in practically the saine manner as in the first instance.

vWhile I have described my invention as applied particularly to the wrapping' of eollars and cutis,y it will readily be understood that other articles may be wrapped and packaged with equal facility, so that do not limit myself to the precise. luse described herein The mode ot operation and preferred construction illustrated in the drawis then` completed by.

ing the plunger and lized as in Fin'. 2 to strengthen and bracev the top and bottom oi the package, and these disks are inserted in the package during' its torniation, as will readilv be understood.

llhat l claiin is: l. 'lhe eonilirination in a package Wrap'- ping' machine with a web feed roll, of a revoluble receptacle having' an open upper end and adapted to wind said web upon iteelt to :torni a wrapper, a depressible support within 'the receptacle, and means for elevating the support to packthe contents ot' the wrapper.

The combination in a wrapping niachine with a 'supporting table and a web teed roll, of a cylinder revolubly supported on the table and adapted to Windfsaid web upon itself to forni a wrapper, means for severing said wrapper from the roll, a deprcssible plunger within the cylinder, and means for elevating the plungr.

3. rllhe combination in a vrapping machine with a table and Web feed roll, of a receptacle revolubly supported on `the ltable to wiid the web thereabout to form a Wrapper. a velo supportingl back plate on the table, means in operative relationship With said plate for severing the Wrapper from the roll, and a spring` pressed guide plate tor retainingr the severed end oi the roll.

It; The combination in a wrapping machine with ay Web feed roll, of a revolubly supported, open ended, cylindrical receptacle haring` a lower, integral wheel portion and a base with a guide flange thereon, a depressible plunger within the receptacle having` a stem projecting through the base of the receptacle, and a treadle device for liftln testimony whereof he atlixes his signature. i

EVILLIAM B. MUNN. 

